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what is religion? that is something some of us in the field are still debating what it is and it ranges from people who see it every where to folks say it doesn't exist at all. so perhaps settling on a definition of religion that does not focus on the supernatural, but actually focuses more so on how individuals see the world or maybe as catherine has talked about, that religion can be seen as a system of symbols by which people locate themselves and others in the world with reference to ordinary powers, meanings, and values. perhaps that type of definition can help us wade through. but since religion is usually not clearly understood in this way, it's usually treated as somewhat as john butler once said, as a jack in the box. it's an epiphenomenon. it's a secondary experience or spectacle that is caused by and accompanies a physical phenomenon, but has no causal relationship to it whatsoever. so religion, as john butler once said in his articles, oftentimes in political history pops up colorfully on o
what is religion? that is something some of us in the field are still debating what it is and it ranges from people who see it every where to folks say it doesn't exist at all. so perhaps settling on a definition of religion that does not focus on the supernatural, but actually focuses more so on how individuals see the world or maybe as catherine has talked about, that religion can be seen as a system of symbols by which people locate themselves and others in the world with reference to...
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why religion? why do people take these things so seriously and, of course, you'll hear lots more about this. in fact in the second class, we'll have some pieces from our trip to the middle east. but, whoa - i mean, talk about your identity and your relationships linked to a religious perspective. it's like nothing that i've ever experienced over here in this country and we'll see how intense that is. but try to answer the question why and understand it. you have a question on the back or comment? [female voice:] professor, oh, i'm sorry. [female voice:] which one were you.. [dr. simons:] oh, either one. [female voice:] either one. [dr. simons:] you can do it in harmony. [ both women speak simultaneously and the class laughs ] [female voice:] i was interested in professor smart warned against making assumptions about other religions because often that deters you from being open to other religions. if you feel you have the truth, you proceed only in one line and don't let other ideas come into your s
why religion? why do people take these things so seriously and, of course, you'll hear lots more about this. in fact in the second class, we'll have some pieces from our trip to the middle east. but, whoa - i mean, talk about your identity and your relationships linked to a religious perspective. it's like nothing that i've ever experienced over here in this country and we'll see how intense that is. but try to answer the question why and understand it. you have a question on the back or...
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what exactly is religion? this is such a debate, those of us on this panel and field are still debating exactly what religion is in the debate ranges from people. religion can be seen as a system of symbols by which people locate themselves and others in the world with reference to ordinary powers, meetings, and values. perhaps that type of definition can help us wade through. since religion is usually not clearly understood in this way, it is usually treated as a jack-in-the-box, an epiphenomen a secondary experience or spectacle that is caused by and accompanies a physical phenomenon but has no causal relationship to it whatsoever. religion, as john butler once said, pops up colorfully on occasion, appearing as a momentary idiosyncratic thrusting of pulses from a distant american past. armed with the more robust definition of religion, if we have a definition that deals with the every day and everyday life, perhaps we can listen new to our historical actors and get down to the nitty-gritty to what they belie
what exactly is religion? this is such a debate, those of us on this panel and field are still debating exactly what religion is in the debate ranges from people. religion can be seen as a system of symbols by which people locate themselves and others in the world with reference to ordinary powers, meetings, and values. perhaps that type of definition can help us wade through. since religion is usually not clearly understood in this way, it is usually treated as a jack-in-the-box, an...
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is religion. religion and science go. to the oldest university in the english speaking world place where i study as an undergrad. one of the jewels in the city's crown is the oxford union the debating chamber this witness such legendary orators as winston churchill benazir bhutto and of course the frog i've come back to the union today to sit down with the world's most famous atheist professor richard dawkins to put faith on trial and to ask his religion. to protest against a truly filthy film demonising islam dozens of kill. kill. the christian pastor in florida. and ignites global condiment even. attacking the muslim minority voting is the best and. of course the conflicts plaguing the middle east are often blamed on a cheap trip to the children of. with this religious thing in spite of terrorism trials. it is a society without. communism. all religion as joseph stalin and mao zedong systematically slowed to millions of their own country. is science any better since galileo and darwin scientists have sought to stamp out
is religion. religion and science go. to the oldest university in the english speaking world place where i study as an undergrad. one of the jewels in the city's crown is the oxford union the debating chamber this witness such legendary orators as winston churchill benazir bhutto and of course the frog i've come back to the union today to sit down with the world's most famous atheist professor richard dawkins to put faith on trial and to ask his religion. to protest against a truly filthy film...
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of religion. here in the united states religion has played an increasingly important role. in politics since the rise of the religious right in the 1980's, but it played a role during the colonial time as well during the revolution. in the social reform movements of the 19th century. in the civil war and in progressivism and prohibition in the cold war and the counterculture of the 1960's and 1970's. our understandings of all of these movements is poorer if we fail to attend to the impact of religious ideas, religious people, and religious institutions. a few years ago i got an e-mail from someone working as a curator here at the national museum of american history. she told me that she and other curators in the museum had seen the garden america tv series and was convinced by the argument that religion mattered in history and asked if i would be interested in coming for a fellowship to advise curators on how to collect religious objects and integrate religion more fully into the exhibitions. i ha
of religion. here in the united states religion has played an increasingly important role. in politics since the rise of the religious right in the 1980's, but it played a role during the colonial time as well during the revolution. in the social reform movements of the 19th century. in the civil war and in progressivism and prohibition in the cold war and the counterculture of the 1960's and 1970's. our understandings of all of these movements is poorer if we fail to attend to the impact of...
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whatever religion that is. the thing is, in africa you have to look at it from the historical perspective. when christianity came we had our own religions and own courts and things that are still there, we go to church, i am a very strong catholic, i go to church, but outside, where nobody sees me, i will still be worshipping my gods. worshipping what gods? traditional african gods. how do you do that? the nature of african religions is not like your religions when you go to church and things like that, african religions are functional. that you have a god for war, a god for when children are born, there is some religious things you do, very functional. you harvest your produce, they will worship some god or goddess. african religions are very functional in nature and perhaps that's one of the reasons they were very quickly overpowered by christianity, they were very organised, they put us into catholic schools and churches as children and told us, your story about the beginning of the world, the purpose of you
whatever religion that is. the thing is, in africa you have to look at it from the historical perspective. when christianity came we had our own religions and own courts and things that are still there, we go to church, i am a very strong catholic, i go to church, but outside, where nobody sees me, i will still be worshipping my gods. worshipping what gods? traditional african gods. how do you do that? the nature of african religions is not like your religions when you go to church and things...
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religion, for that matter. that is this huge hypocrisy. we have this interesting rise of this young candidate in the democratic race, pete buttigieg, who is 37 years old, from indiana, a practising episcopalian, openly gay, and a veteran, an army veteran, who has the most extraordinary — rhodes scholar — resume and who is trying to now take back the notion that all religious conservatives are republicans, saying, there is a current of social progressiveness that is part of christianity and i want to speak for that. historically that existed in the us but gradually dissipated over the past a0 years. which raises questions of all the overlap between religion and politics and people's agendas, vincent. let me just tell you that the best time i've had this year was when the catholic church in congo, drc, led the revolution that forced the president to give up — he was trying to go for many years. that is what we need. that's when i talk about the church and the leaders of the church addressing modern—day pr
religion, for that matter. that is this huge hypocrisy. we have this interesting rise of this young candidate in the democratic race, pete buttigieg, who is 37 years old, from indiana, a practising episcopalian, openly gay, and a veteran, an army veteran, who has the most extraordinary — rhodes scholar — resume and who is trying to now take back the notion that all religious conservatives are republicans, saying, there is a current of social progressiveness that is part of christianity and...
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what exactly is religion? this is a debate so much so that those of us on this panel and elsewhere in the field are still debating exactly what religion is and the debate ranges from people who see it everywhere to folks who say that it does not exist at all. perhaps settling on a definition on religion that does not focus on the supernatural but actually focuses more on how individuals thathe world or maybe religion can be seen as a system of symbols by which people locate themselves and others in the world with reference to ordinary powers, meanings and , values. perhaps that type of definition can help us. since religion is usually not clearly understood in this way, it is usually treated as a jack-in-the-box, a secondary experience or spectacle that is caused by and accompanies a physical phenomenon but has no causal relationship to it whatsoever. religion, as john butler once said in his articles, pops up colorfully on occasion, appearing as a momentary idiosyncratic thrusting up of , impulses from a dist
what exactly is religion? this is a debate so much so that those of us on this panel and elsewhere in the field are still debating exactly what religion is and the debate ranges from people who see it everywhere to folks who say that it does not exist at all. perhaps settling on a definition on religion that does not focus on the supernatural but actually focuses more on how individuals thathe world or maybe religion can be seen as a system of symbols by which people locate themselves and...
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what exactly is religion? >> this is a debate so much so that most of us on the panel and elsewhere in the field are still debating exactly what religion is and the debate ranges from people who see it everywhere to folks who say that it doesn't actually exist at all, so perhaps maybe settling on a definition on religion that does not focus on the supernatural but actually focuses more so on how individuals see the world or maybe as others talked about that religion can be seen as symbols in which case where people locate others in the world with reference to ordinary powers, means and values? perhaps that type of definition can help us wade through. but since religion is usually not understood in this way it's actually -- usually treated as john butler once said as a jack in the box. it's an eniphenomenon, it's an experience that accompanied a physical phenomenon but has no causal relationship to it whatsoever so religion as john butler once said in his article, oftentimes in political history pops up colorfu
what exactly is religion? >> this is a debate so much so that most of us on the panel and elsewhere in the field are still debating exactly what religion is and the debate ranges from people who see it everywhere to folks who say that it doesn't actually exist at all, so perhaps maybe settling on a definition on religion that does not focus on the supernatural but actually focuses more so on how individuals see the world or maybe as others talked about that religion can be seen as symbols...
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that is the point of religion. i studied all religion. it's very unfortunate that so few christians really understand the message of christianity. it is to turn people to understand love and be loving people. that fulfills everything. that was jesus's message. thank you very much for all you do. it's a very simple message. host: we appreciate your call. we are going to move on. i want to bring up some of the text messages and social media posts we he received. we want your calls. republicans call us at (202) 748-8000. democrats call us at (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. let's hear now from gregory in nashville on the independent line. go ahead. caller: hello. if we really want to celebrate this holiday season, we need to do it as the romans did. we should dance naked. host: ok. on the democratic line is ob calling from wisconsin. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i believe religion is divisive. there have been so many wars over it. there has been so much problems with it. it is divisive. there is one party that
that is the point of religion. i studied all religion. it's very unfortunate that so few christians really understand the message of christianity. it is to turn people to understand love and be loving people. that fulfills everything. that was jesus's message. thank you very much for all you do. it's a very simple message. host: we appreciate your call. we are going to move on. i want to bring up some of the text messages and social media posts we he received. we want your calls. republicans...
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, or defamation of religion. and we found that in countries that have these types of laws, there are -- 59 countries worldwide that had thighs types of laws, that rather -- they're often put forth as a way to help control social tension, because if you don't allow a critique of religion, then you won't stir up negative feelings. we found in the data countries with that anti-blasphemy laws have high religion and hostilities involving religion in the first place but countries that don't have them tend to have low restrictions on ri religion. again, that's a correlation, but we looked at restrictions that have these types of laws over the three-year time. and we found countries with blasphemy laws enforced or even not enforced tended to increase in their restrictions or hostilities over the time period by margins of 5 to -- 10-1 or even 5-1, depending whether laws were enforced or not enforced. so countries with anti-blasphemy laws that correlated with increasing restrictions rather than decreasing restrictions. whe
, or defamation of religion. and we found that in countries that have these types of laws, there are -- 59 countries worldwide that had thighs types of laws, that rather -- they're often put forth as a way to help control social tension, because if you don't allow a critique of religion, then you won't stir up negative feelings. we found in the data countries with that anti-blasphemy laws have high religion and hostilities involving religion in the first place but countries that don't have them...
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if we look at the history of things is absolute right religion has done good things religion has done bad things one of my favorite lines comes from a colleague of mine a physicist steven weinberg a nobel prize winning physicist who said there are good people and there are bad people good people do good things bad people do bad things when good people do bad things it's religion is there a sense that in twenty seventeen with all the science you're a scientist will science technology education we have now is it your contention that we you know we all should have outgrown religion. well i'm so i was surprised by when i was a young person i thought by now we would have outgrown religion because let's face it the evidence of science is that there's no evidence for anything it's very any purpose to the universe any divine inspiration there's no evidence and all that and therefore true that is surprising and if you look at and if you look at the first world at least it is true that whatever the noise that's happening in congress or the president or anything else the number of people who def
if we look at the history of things is absolute right religion has done good things religion has done bad things one of my favorite lines comes from a colleague of mine a physicist steven weinberg a nobel prize winning physicist who said there are good people and there are bad people good people do good things bad people do bad things when good people do bad things it's religion is there a sense that in twenty seventeen with all the science you're a scientist will science technology education...
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-- when it comes to religion? caller: animals have no religion. it is an idea, just like we have the construct for democracy or we have a construct for building an airplane. religion is the same thing. it came out of the human brain. host: understood. guest: cultural and apologists would make that -- cultural anthropologists would make that argument. religion did not exist when people groups were small. you didn't want to steal from your cousin or your brothers because you were close with them. one societies became larger and more organized, you did not know everyone in your people group and you had to have some sort of external control to keep you from stealing and murdering and doing those awful things. essentially god was created in those societies to create a sense of external control and internal punishment for you doing things like stealing. it was a way to encourage prosocial behavior, altruistic behavior. it was an essential part. what they would also argue is that as government got larger and more likely to enforce roles -- rules and more
-- when it comes to religion? caller: animals have no religion. it is an idea, just like we have the construct for democracy or we have a construct for building an airplane. religion is the same thing. it came out of the human brain. host: understood. guest: cultural and apologists would make that -- cultural anthropologists would make that argument. religion did not exist when people groups were small. you didn't want to steal from your cousin or your brothers because you were close with them....
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it just means that it supports religion as such but let me also say that religion has a very strong impact within the history of people this is why it's very different from one state and community to another. they have different experiences different historical developments different fears also. that means that there are some traditional religions in some countries that have contributed just by fact somewhat more to the way people live and think. hope and fear and this specific contribution can be taken up also by the state in how to deal with religions i would like to come back to this issue of the interplay between the religious and national identity a bit later but before we go there you're famous countermand german economist karl marx is credited with saying that religion is the opium of the people and i think that quote has long been taken out of context because what he actually sat is that religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless condition it is the opium of the people so essentially what he's saying is that religion was a
it just means that it supports religion as such but let me also say that religion has a very strong impact within the history of people this is why it's very different from one state and community to another. they have different experiences different historical developments different fears also. that means that there are some traditional religions in some countries that have contributed just by fact somewhat more to the way people live and think. hope and fear and this specific contribution can...
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focused on the public sphere, looked on religion as religion. they were more focused on the type two-story. the problem with that approach, he mused, was at the fortunes of the god beat, depends on the ups and downs of the relationship between religion and politics. like me, he was consumed for a while with explaining islam, ,eporting on gay bishops evangelicals in politics, the cabot abuse crisis. point, editor's interest waned. he believes that it was because another dreaded 9/11 type event did not happen. it was also because islam turned out to be complicated. editors went off of it because the categories of western discourse did not fit neatly, and because the resources needed to try to understand them, were not there. he he and i both had editors request more coverage on islam, surely a subject of greater importance now, given the rapid and confusing developments in islam in the middle east. in his case, budgets are no longer there. in my case, i was no longer there. 2006 the religion beat in to work as a washington correspondent. i left it
focused on the public sphere, looked on religion as religion. they were more focused on the type two-story. the problem with that approach, he mused, was at the fortunes of the god beat, depends on the ups and downs of the relationship between religion and politics. like me, he was consumed for a while with explaining islam, ,eporting on gay bishops evangelicals in politics, the cabot abuse crisis. point, editor's interest waned. he believes that it was because another dreaded 9/11 type event...
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it just means that it supports religion as such but let me also say that religion has a very strong impact within the history of people this is why it's very different from one state and community to another. they have different experiences different historical developments different fears also. that means that there are some traditional religions in some countries that have contributed just by fact somewhat more to the way people live and think. hope and fear and this specific contribution can be taken up also by the state in how to deal with religions i would like to come back to this issue of the interplay between the religious and national identity a bit later but before we go there your famous countermand german economist karl marx is credited with saying that religion is the opium of the people and i think that quote has long been taken out of context because what he actually sat is that religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature the heart of a heartless world the soul of soulless condition it is the opium of the people so essentially what he's saying is that religion was a paink
it just means that it supports religion as such but let me also say that religion has a very strong impact within the history of people this is why it's very different from one state and community to another. they have different experiences different historical developments different fears also. that means that there are some traditional religions in some countries that have contributed just by fact somewhat more to the way people live and think. hope and fear and this specific contribution can...
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religion is prophetic or african-american religion is emotional. but to understand the sense african american religion is, only in this way risks the process of redefining a particular understanding of black religious practices, of denying complexity, ambiguity, and contradiction by snatching. practices out of the messiness of history. it's much better to understand these as procedures of differentiation and invocation as a way of saying you want to , give more attention to this, as opposed to that. and a recollection of history that makes the distinction worthwhile. howard thurman, the great 20th century black theologian, declared slaves dared to redeem the religion profaned in its midst, he offered a particular understanding of black christianity. this expression of christianity was not the idolatrous embrace christian doctrine that justified the superiority of white people and the subordination of black people. instead, black christianity embraced the liberating power of jesus, his sense that all were children of god. thurman sought to orient th
religion is prophetic or african-american religion is emotional. but to understand the sense african american religion is, only in this way risks the process of redefining a particular understanding of black religious practices, of denying complexity, ambiguity, and contradiction by snatching. practices out of the messiness of history. it's much better to understand these as procedures of differentiation and invocation as a way of saying you want to , give more attention to this, as opposed to...
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of religion. not only shaped how we viewed america, but also shaped in how he understood and executed his job in protecting america. this is evident in his speeches the books in which he began framing patriotic christianity as the sole and adult to communism and how he organized the bureau, which i will address next. scholars and casual observers alike may doubt the sincerity of hoover's faith even as i'm speaking right now. however americans at his time did not doubt that faith. every major christian faith community from the catholic church to the african methodist episcopal church to evangelical and protestant mainline churches alike. they all crowned hoover with awards citations and plaques and yes, even a stained glass window at a church. hoover was deemed and crowned as a champion in american politics hoover. then can be seen as arguably we could say the high priest of american civil religion. now, this title has normally been reserved for presidents such as hoover's co-religionist dwight eis
of religion. not only shaped how we viewed america, but also shaped in how he understood and executed his job in protecting america. this is evident in his speeches the books in which he began framing patriotic christianity as the sole and adult to communism and how he organized the bureau, which i will address next. scholars and casual observers alike may doubt the sincerity of hoover's faith even as i'm speaking right now. however americans at his time did not doubt that faith. every major...
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but love religion or hate religion or don't care about religion - the fact is, it's out there and people are doing it. so what i tried to do, bouncing off my students year in and year out in the classrooms down at western, is to say, "well, what is it to you? what do you find out? what is it?" and here we get this five stages of religion. i apologize for sounding like an academic with "stages of religion," but i wanted to go through these five stages, and you can check it out, see how it relates to your own experience, and please jump in here anytime as we go through it. but the stages we'll go through is first off self-consciousness - the fact - and we'll come back and go through each stage on its own; i just want to list them for you here. the first is self-consciousness. we are conscious of ourself, which makes us immediately more open to something beyond ourself. people will argue about this, but they say that my good friend, my dog, is not particularly self-conscious. i don't know about that - when she gets shaved every summer, she gets embarrassed and hides under the shed in the ba
but love religion or hate religion or don't care about religion - the fact is, it's out there and people are doing it. so what i tried to do, bouncing off my students year in and year out in the classrooms down at western, is to say, "well, what is it to you? what do you find out? what is it?" and here we get this five stages of religion. i apologize for sounding like an academic with "stages of religion," but i wanted to go through these five stages, and you can check it...
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and religion. to fulfill the tosk probably well at least when it comes to russia leaders here make no secret that they believe that the tasks of the state and the church clearly over l'abbé wonderful agent to fill that moral void that was created with the collapse of the soviet union and the dissolution of communist ideology as well as the broader national identity so i think that smacks a little bit of social engineering but isn't that ultimately the surest and probably quickest way for the state to ensure some sort of social harmony. i think it's a good task to fulfill for religion to see to be. fruitful and peaceful society there is a lot of society building wisdom in religions. and i think it's not wrong but the secular state does give room for this community building force of religion when we talk about separation of church and state historically we've been talking about limiting the authority of the church and keeping the church from influencing state affairs but i think if you look around t
and religion. to fulfill the tosk probably well at least when it comes to russia leaders here make no secret that they believe that the tasks of the state and the church clearly over l'abbé wonderful agent to fill that moral void that was created with the collapse of the soviet union and the dissolution of communist ideology as well as the broader national identity so i think that smacks a little bit of social engineering but isn't that ultimately the surest and probably quickest way for the...
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and kind of critiques of religion. so history of religion and things like that. what was interesting about that was my father, despite the fact that he had this marxist plantation, was not really an anti- religious person. he grew up in rome. he was educated in classical -- latin and greek. i was brought up with this idea that religion is neither inherently good or inherently bad. that it was vital to understanding how the society works. when i became interested in east asia and china in particular, i started looking for -- what were the sources of the values? why is it they believe this and this about the spirit world, which is different from what people believed in greece and rome. i got very interested in what we call, religion as kind of this bedrock fundamental set of beliefs about the cosmos and about where values come from. i found, when i was riding my dissertation in graduate school, that i kept going more and more toward what was religion in east asia. when i interviewed for jobs -- i interviewed for jobs in history, but it was a religion department. an
and kind of critiques of religion. so history of religion and things like that. what was interesting about that was my father, despite the fact that he had this marxist plantation, was not really an anti- religious person. he grew up in rome. he was educated in classical -- latin and greek. i was brought up with this idea that religion is neither inherently good or inherently bad. that it was vital to understanding how the society works. when i became interested in east asia and china in...
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i don't think religion is key here. as long as the chinese respect the sovereignty, a country like iran, as long as china respects the sovereignty of any other country. then i think that regardless of the religious ideology or the lack of a religious ideology, train and business can continue. and you and iran, you have people who are very secular and you have people who are very religious. you have shop owners who are secular shop owners who are religious. they do business the tray, you have neighbors who are religious and secular. the issue with between china and iran, is that so far we haven't seen china attempting to undermine iranian sovereignty to impose itself more recently. we've seen western countries make that claim about why we and then a chinese high tech industries. but for us who are looking from a more, let's say about a more balanced perspective, we know that the united states and europeans, they are competing with china with regards to high tech for products. now if we look back at western history at the
i don't think religion is key here. as long as the chinese respect the sovereignty, a country like iran, as long as china respects the sovereignty of any other country. then i think that regardless of the religious ideology or the lack of a religious ideology, train and business can continue. and you and iran, you have people who are very secular and you have people who are very religious. you have shop owners who are secular shop owners who are religious. they do business the tray, you have...
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but what i wanted to bring out, too, is that the religions all seem to flourish in jerusalem; the religions don't seem to have problems with each other - it's the nationalities and the people that have the problems. i mean, even their social life is very similar, in many ways, but it seems that we seem to blame religion in a lot of cases, and it's not religion at all - it's territory, it's land, it's economics. >> but you're so right about that-what we'll call the numinous experience. you can see the picture here of the waling wall. i mean, i've been around a lot of places and i'm pretty jaded, i guess a religious studies professor. but i walked up to the waling wall, and you know why they call it the waling wall if you walk up to it - we have that on tape; we'll get to it at some point - the praying is just so moving, and i was just overwhelmed with the sense of the numinous. i mean, i was struck speechless, which is a rarity for me, as you're probably already figuring out. but yeah, that's the kind of thing that, why is this - it's just a wall, it's stone, it's common. this building's mad
but what i wanted to bring out, too, is that the religions all seem to flourish in jerusalem; the religions don't seem to have problems with each other - it's the nationalities and the people that have the problems. i mean, even their social life is very similar, in many ways, but it seems that we seem to blame religion in a lot of cases, and it's not religion at all - it's territory, it's land, it's economics. >> but you're so right about that-what we'll call the numinous experience. you...
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i mean a person who has a different religion or does not follow any religion. what is the real approach? because what is shown is secterian approach, extremism and hatred. the question you started with is one of the most fundamental issues, because they say that the issue of... palestine is a religious issue, and when we take this issue to the field of religion, the discussion about sectorianism starts there. the situation is started during colonial times. during nearly 600 years ago, all religions lived together in a land called palestine, which is still divided in various regions according to religious identity. because it has been discussed in private and in public how to prevent disputes. for example, in the verse of the quran that i like very much, prophet muhammad, peace be upon him, says, you have your religion and i have mine, you do not worship what i worship, and i do not worship what you worship. therefore, this issue shows that there is no question of surrender in religious matters. if there's a dispute, the relevant judges will deal with it, and th
i mean a person who has a different religion or does not follow any religion. what is the real approach? because what is shown is secterian approach, extremism and hatred. the question you started with is one of the most fundamental issues, because they say that the issue of... palestine is a religious issue, and when we take this issue to the field of religion, the discussion about sectorianism starts there. the situation is started during colonial times. during nearly 600 years ago, all...
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. >> freedom of religion not freedom from religion. >> and each state had their own religion at one point. and atheists are like the big other now. people don't know who they are, they don't -- >> and this came up in the conversation with demp dershowitz. he said something interesting to me which i'm not sure i agreed with and that is that there's a disconnect between morals and religion. >> there is. >> the idea that they don't necessarily share your morals and views. >> this is what mainstream america does, put labels on people, that's the conversations they want to have. they're not having a real conversation, they're having a fake conversation. atheism is a huge gray blob of people and there's all sorts of people in this mix, everyone from richard dawkins, who is the new atheist guy who is willing to go after people to people like my self, i'm agnostic, i don't believe a man in the sigh, i believe in the big electron like my dad used to say, i believe in living a ethical life, making the world a better place and that's my responsibility to do that. that sounds pretty moral to me. >> i
. >> freedom of religion not freedom from religion. >> and each state had their own religion at one point. and atheists are like the big other now. people don't know who they are, they don't -- >> and this came up in the conversation with demp dershowitz. he said something interesting to me which i'm not sure i agreed with and that is that there's a disconnect between morals and religion. >> there is. >> the idea that they don't necessarily share your morals and...
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i studied buddhist religions. indian religions. pagan religions. but, one of the first things that i was taught when i took lots of by the first professor i had, it was a great, great, man was if you got people together from all religions, no matter what their beliefs were, that they could come together in a room and they could agree on the majority of things. my personal belief is that difference in religions is not god's word, or the god that you believe in, or think you believe in that is different from some other religions god. it is that they all come together and can agree on the majority of things as being god's will and the difference between the religions are man's will. host: all right, we appreciate your call this morning, your insight. we are going to go to jacksonville, florida. amy is on the line. caller: good morning. yeah, yeah, i feel that religion is -- because religion is not an evidence-based thing, that it basically has no place in politics. today is christmas and there are small children that believe in santa claus, but i woul
i studied buddhist religions. indian religions. pagan religions. but, one of the first things that i was taught when i took lots of by the first professor i had, it was a great, great, man was if you got people together from all religions, no matter what their beliefs were, that they could come together in a room and they could agree on the majority of things. my personal belief is that difference in religions is not god's word, or the god that you believe in, or think you believe in that is...
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it is not a dead religion, but it is a dying religion. there are, i would say, maybe 250,000 left in the world. it's a dying religion because it's a religion that you can't convert to, and any religion that you can't convert to eventually dies out. a shame, because it is an important and historic religious tradition. >> host: bev corpswomen tweets in to you, why do religions seem to consistently degrade and persecute well? >> guest: because they are patriarchal institutionings. religions are man made, literally. all religions are manmade. and so when it comes time to interpret a religion, it's going to be interpreted in ways that benefit men. and, again, this is true of all religious traditions. >> host: and, in fact, you write in "no god but god," the origin's evolution, you write: the fact is that for 14 century ies quranic -- and because each one inevitably brings to the quran his own ideology and his own preconceived notions. it should not be surprising to learn that certain verses have most often been read in their most misogynyst in
it is not a dead religion, but it is a dying religion. there are, i would say, maybe 250,000 left in the world. it's a dying religion because it's a religion that you can't convert to, and any religion that you can't convert to eventually dies out. a shame, because it is an important and historic religious tradition. >> host: bev corpswomen tweets in to you, why do religions seem to consistently degrade and persecute well? >> guest: because they are patriarchal institutionings....
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you have many people who are raised with no religion who wind up identifying with a religion adults, so these trends work together in multiple direction at the same time. >> but when you see, and it's just a seven--year span, an 8% drop in the number who believe in god for instance, it's not hard to see that eventually, you'll get to new americans and that would be new territory for us. >> i would urge a little bit of caution, and we can't look at the trends in recent years and project the them out to the future. we have done research at the pugh research center, where our demographers have looked at religion all home run around the world and looked at fertility and the gender of the religious groups, and what that projects for the united states is the growth of the nones is likely to continue through the coming decades, ought to 2050, but not at the same rate. perhaps leveling off. those are not predictions, they can change, but that's what the research shows us at this time. >> greg smith is the associate professor of research at the pugh research center. >>> even for religious peo
you have many people who are raised with no religion who wind up identifying with a religion adults, so these trends work together in multiple direction at the same time. >> but when you see, and it's just a seven--year span, an 8% drop in the number who believe in god for instance, it's not hard to see that eventually, you'll get to new americans and that would be new territory for us. >> i would urge a little bit of caution, and we can't look at the trends in recent years and...
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and we are not the only ones, there are several groups in liberal religion. virginia here is a member of the society of friends, the quakers, they also are non-creedal and liberal. they don't proselytize and neither do we. and then there's the ethical culture society and the american humanist association and there are liberal baptist who are called modernists, or darwinists, rather-- evolutionist rather than literalists, rather than fundamentalist. and there's the liberal branch of hinduism and a liberal branch of buddhism. and there's an international association of religious liberals. so in this particular doctrinal dimension, the unitarian universalists don't really fit with the others that you put there. then i would also like to speak to that thing about whether we are conventional or non-conventional? >> fire away. >> we like to think of ourselves as dissidence. we like to say that we are governed by individual conscience. however, the sociologist robert bella recently did a survey of unitarian universalists and pointed out that we're quintessentially a
and we are not the only ones, there are several groups in liberal religion. virginia here is a member of the society of friends, the quakers, they also are non-creedal and liberal. they don't proselytize and neither do we. and then there's the ethical culture society and the american humanist association and there are liberal baptist who are called modernists, or darwinists, rather-- evolutionist rather than literalists, rather than fundamentalist. and there's the liberal branch of hinduism and...
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what else do religions all do? those of you who are in religious traditions, it talks about relationship. how are we to relate to the world around us? how are we to relate to each other? that's the ethical dimension that we're going to be talking about here shortly, one of the most important ones in the course. what is the good life? what is the proper way to relate to each other? and, as you know, we've all struggled with that as human beings for about as long as we've been going on. we struggle it, so, it's very, very difficult. so we'll talk about religion again, identity and relationship and we'll come back but let's just on our graphics, let's just go down and look at some of the things that religions naturally talk about. who is the other? how do we relate to that which is not us, and are all religions speak about god? god is a big one. you know, if your religion happens to speak about that, you sure will want to know how to relate to god. and so, we'll see lots of different great expressions. like you mentio
what else do religions all do? those of you who are in religious traditions, it talks about relationship. how are we to relate to the world around us? how are we to relate to each other? that's the ethical dimension that we're going to be talking about here shortly, one of the most important ones in the course. what is the good life? what is the proper way to relate to each other? and, as you know, we've all struggled with that as human beings for about as long as we've been going on. we...
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well, the same thing in religion. let me jump onto these notes and then we'll get to you, barbara, because i want to do my civil religion notes, and then i'll feel like i've made my money and i've contributed to the stability and control of education. but civil religion is one of my fun themes. i love this, and this is one of those that we can get out there in the world and see everywhere. i mean, it is so there. i think robert bellah, the famous sociologist from berkeley, may have coined the term in an article he wrote back in 1967, and scholars have been arguing over it ever since. so i don't care what you want to call it - if you don't like civil religion, call it something else - but what i see it as is the power of myth and ritual, and how it has all the functions of myth and ritual, fleshes out the dimensional triangle, but in any given culture in society. and so it's fun to look at this in terms of the united states, because as i've said several times, if you want to understand civil religion, just get a tent,
well, the same thing in religion. let me jump onto these notes and then we'll get to you, barbara, because i want to do my civil religion notes, and then i'll feel like i've made my money and i've contributed to the stability and control of education. but civil religion is one of my fun themes. i love this, and this is one of those that we can get out there in the world and see everywhere. i mean, it is so there. i think robert bellah, the famous sociologist from berkeley, may have coined the...
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religion. the delivery of a pregame prayer has the improper effect of coercing those present to participate in an active religious worship. that was justice john paul stevens writing for the majority back in 2000 in that case. more from the words of neil gorsuch, writing for the majority yesterday, saying respect for religious expression is indefensible. whether those expressions take place in this actuary or on a field, whether they manifest in the spoken word or about head. that line of the ruling getting quoted quite a bit in the wake of it being handed down yesterday. this is fran in wisconsin. good morning. caller: good morning. good morning, john. just one of the things i wanted to say you said in the statement, the separation of church and state. our founding fathers knew there was really reason for separation of church and state. and until the event helical's realized that the evangelicals realized political power, that is when things started getting bad. there is a place for religion.
religion. the delivery of a pregame prayer has the improper effect of coercing those present to participate in an active religious worship. that was justice john paul stevens writing for the majority back in 2000 in that case. more from the words of neil gorsuch, writing for the majority yesterday, saying respect for religious expression is indefensible. whether those expressions take place in this actuary or on a field, whether they manifest in the spoken word or about head. that line of the...
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so part of respecting religion and staying out of religion is the anti- decisions that churches make about how to structure hierarchy and in whom to put their faith. >> you don't seem to make much out of what i find disturbing if a person could be fired refused to be hired with nothing to do with religion like chemotherapy. >> justice ginsburg don't want to give that impression at all that is the center of the case how the question think aboutt it it's not just that there is an exemption in the statutes but any time a religious employerer wants to hire or fire or take other actions were religious region on - - reasons the statutes let them do that so even then they have the free exercise clause the only place it really matters in the case when it is not acting for religious reasons so as you have said with accounts or treatments on - - cancer treatment because she got too old those is where it matters. stripped of all the labels and makes it morris complicated than it is. it is.e case is to se church . . . . in the submission herey to finish the thought the 300,000 other religious sc
so part of respecting religion and staying out of religion is the anti- decisions that churches make about how to structure hierarchy and in whom to put their faith. >> you don't seem to make much out of what i find disturbing if a person could be fired refused to be hired with nothing to do with religion like chemotherapy. >> justice ginsburg don't want to give that impression at all that is the center of the case how the question think aboutt it it's not just that there is an...
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>> based on the religion. is it a religion, or a culture? >> it is a religion. there is a culture to religion, of course. it is a different culture. >> ah. >> in indonesia, so. >> ah, ah, ah. i am getting what you are driving at. >> between the islamic world and the public, our main objective is to have relief in two different places, giving donations to united states based charities. that is the object of this organization has. to answer your question about men and women in islam, the teachings of the religion are to honor, respect, and love women. that is the model. a person, a friend and a colleague. even in my religion, islam, it lies in the field. it shows how important a mother, how important a woman, how important it is that islam honors a woman. it is the first religion to have their own property. it is the second to fort -- second to first religion that can divorce the man, who can give you money to leave and sexual needs, for six months. so, she can divorce him. it shows how islam really respects women's rights. >> if i hear you correctly, that is pret
>> based on the religion. is it a religion, or a culture? >> it is a religion. there is a culture to religion, of course. it is a different culture. >> ah. >> in indonesia, so. >> ah, ah, ah. i am getting what you are driving at. >> between the islamic world and the public, our main objective is to have relief in two different places, giving donations to united states based charities. that is the object of this organization has. to answer your question about...
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to the religion of the states. as of this is a difficult space that mitt romney has to negotiate. and let me just sort of lay out why his mormonism is an issue for him. back in 2008 when he was first running along with some colleagues and of the brigham young university and the university of akron we did a number of experts mass of people and i know it sounds like we brought them in loud and put them with needles and such but all we need is on a survey some people wanted of question and ask other people another type of question and compare the results depending on how we phrase the question in order to in this case determine how people react to learning that mitt romney is either a local leader in his church where we will show you in a few moments in local leader in the mormon church of you interpret this is if it is 00 it means what we told folks made them less likely to vote for romney did these things here and if they cross zero it means we actually have can't say that there was any effect whatsoever it measures
to the religion of the states. as of this is a difficult space that mitt romney has to negotiate. and let me just sort of lay out why his mormonism is an issue for him. back in 2008 when he was first running along with some colleagues and of the brigham young university and the university of akron we did a number of experts mass of people and i know it sounds like we brought them in loud and put them with needles and such but all we need is on a survey some people wanted of question and ask...
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coming back, how do the sort of traditional religions established religions embrace the kind of thing that felicia framed it in terms of childhood. to recover the interconnectiveness that a child feels with the natural world and then forgets and so it's these kind of reminders and practices that restore the very natural and innate sense of unity with the natural world that a child might feel. >> such as... talk more about that felicia. how do you approach this? >> i think one way to look at it is really in terms of just the basic principal of opening. so in a society in which we're consistently bombarded as you were saying in relationship to taking stab with technology with this aggressive form of messaging, we shut down and how do you feel the rest of life when you're shut down? and that doesn't just apply to the squirrel that's bouncing across the park. it also applies to interpersonal relationships. >> those squirrels ate my gladiolas last night. but go ahead i interrupted you. >> but actually i do believe that there is a way to even when it comes to actually consuming animals for
coming back, how do the sort of traditional religions established religions embrace the kind of thing that felicia framed it in terms of childhood. to recover the interconnectiveness that a child feels with the natural world and then forgets and so it's these kind of reminders and practices that restore the very natural and innate sense of unity with the natural world that a child might feel. >> such as... talk more about that felicia. how do you approach this? >> i think one way to...